Sunday 14 March 2010

It was Sunday, under the sign of Pisces. The US president was Barack Obama (Democratic).
In that special week of March people in US were listening to Imma Be by The Black Eyed Peas.
She's Out of My League, directed by Jim Field Smith, was one of the most viewed movies released in 2010
while The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Radio Radio.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing DogFighter or Donkey Kong Country Returns.
But much more happened that day: find out below..

Famous Birthdays:

Famous Deaths:

Facts:

A massive power outage occurs in parts of Chile, including Santiago, with ONEMI working to restore service. (Santiago Times)

David Beckham tears his Achilles tendon in a match for A.C. Milan. He is ruled out for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. (CNN)

National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship protesters in red march through Bangkok, Thailand, demonstrating against the government. (Xinhua)

Archbishop of Armagh and Primacy of Ireland Cardinal Seán Brady refuses calls by sex abuse victims such as Colm O'Gorman to resign and defends representing the Church when two teenagers abused by Father Brendan Smyth were forced to sign an oath of silence. (''The Sunday Times'')

Israeli military forces seize a senior Hamas official after raiding Ramallah. (ABC News)

Two French Triangle workers who were kidnapped in Birao, Central African Republic last November are released in Darfur. (BBC)

Two people are killed and 30 injured when an avalanche hits a snowmobile competition in British Columbia, Western Canada. (CBC)

Drug-related violence kills 24 people in Mexico in 24 hours, 13 of them in the city of Acapulco. (Reuters)

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